The Ekka....Ben

Last week I went on a faressweel it was fun it went high up. I put the ball in the clowns mouth I won a teddy bear. I saw the fire work show there was lots of coulour.

by BEN

'GOOGLE EARTH' WORKSHOPS

'GOOGLE EARTH' has been the talk of our classroom this week.
All of us have been waiting excitedly for Jarvis and Ben to teach
us how to use 'GOOGLE EARTH'.

Today the wait was over for some of us - the 'GOOGLE EARTH' WORKSHOPS began!

Jarvis and Ben showed us how to open

GOOGLE EARTH.
We learnt to type what we wanted to look for in the SEARCH bar.

Searching for volcanoes was very popular.

We found lots

in ICELAND.

We also found some in AFRICA and if

we clicked on the little white balls, we could see a picture and read about these volcanoes.

We wanted to explore SYDNEY in

GOOGLE EARTH because that's where

Courtney went on the holidays.
We found the spelling of 'Sydney' in her

writing journal and typed it into the

SEARCH bar.




She found Sydney Harbour and showed us where the OPERA HOUSE, DARLING HARBOUR and TARONGA ZOO are.

We read about LUNA PARK and wished we had somewhere like that here.

We had fun clicking on all the little white balls and looking at pictures of all the things you can see in SYDNEY.

Courtney even found the building where her unit was.

Now that's amazing!


We had SOOOO much fun exploring our world with GOOGLE EARTH.

We wanted to play on Google Earth ALL DAY!!!

Jarvis and Ben were EXCELLENT teachers and now four more of us can help in the 'GOOGLE EARTH' WORKSHOPS.

REMEMBER, IF YOU FIND SOMETHING AMAZING ON 'GOOGLE EARTH', EMAIL IT TO US AT 1mgems@gmail.com . THEN WE CAN POST IT ON THE BLOG AND WE CAN ALL SHARE IN THE WONDERS OF OUR WORLD.

IT CONTINUES!!!

HERE'S THE LATEST 'GOOGLE EARTH' CHALLENGE,
COURTESY OF JARVIS!

I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE OR PERHAPS HEARD A 'ROAR' AS YOU HAVE DRIVEN PAST!
MRS M

ANOTHER WINNER AND ANOTHER CHALLENGE!

Hi 1M Gems,

I know what the picture is of... AUSTRALIA ZOO. That was a really good challenge. It took me a loooooooooooooong time to work out. I loved that one. I was only 3 when I went to Australia Zoo so I don't remember it too much but I always watch the Crocodile Hunter on National Geographic. I want to go back to Australia Zoo. I do remember feeding some kangaroos and seeing the crocodiles. I would like to stay a Australia Zoo.

Who can guess the name of the Bridge in the picture. It is in Brisbane and mums and dads may be able to help a little.

Benny and his Mum.

DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE YOUR ANSWER IN A COMMENT. :>)

NAME THIS PLACE!

Does anyone know what this building is?

Benny

(http://earth.google.com)

Can you name the place in Ben's picture?

How can you check if you're right?

Leave you answer in a comment and email another 'GOOGLE EARTH' CHALLENGE to 1mgems@gmail.com.

BEN'S RESPONSE

Ben correctly identified the school in Jarvis' 'GOOGLE EARTH' post and was even so clever to notice 'when' the satellite picture was taken. WELL DONE, BEN!

Ben also sent an email. He said...

I have found my house on Google Earth. We also found my dad's work at the Port of Brisbane and saw some fishing spots that we go to.
(of course Ben didn't include pictures of their fishing sites - you have to keep them a 'secret'!)

HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR HOUSE ON GOOGLE EARTH?

WHAT OTHER PLACES CAN YOU FIND?

EMAIL THEM TO 1mgems@gmail.com AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GUESS WHERE THEY ARE.

LATEST FIND FROM JARVIS!

Jarvis has been exploring again.
Here's his latest find.

Happy Easter Mrs M and 1M Gems,
I have been using Google Earth, and look at what I have found. One picture is of St Joseph's School in Middletown New York, where Elizabeth from Inkless Tales lives and the other one is ?.

Jarvis

Do you know which school it is?

Leave your answer in a comment.

Explore Google Earth yourself. Find some satellite images of places you have been this holidays and email them to 1mgems@gmail.com

EASTER GREETINGS

HAPPY EASTER

TO ALL OF MY CLASS

AND TO MRS M

FROM

BEN

NUMBER 5 PICS FOR ELIZABETH

This post is brought to you by the number '5'!

16 days ago, Elizabeth, from INKLESS TALES, left a poem for us on our post 'ALL ABOUT 5'. It was a poem about the number '5' and we were the first to read it!

The poem did not have a title and Elizabeth asked for our suggestions. Here are suggested titles we left as comments:
* FAVOURITE FIVE from Lauren
* FABULOUS FIVE from Ben
* SUPER FIVE from Talia
* FIVE PEOPLE HAVING A PICNIC from Callum
* MY FAVOURITE NUMBER IS '5' from Patrick
* PERFECT FIVE from Johanna
* 6 IS NOT MY FAVOURITE NUMBER from Jarvis' Dad
WE WONDER IF ELIZABETH WILL USE ANY OF OUR SUGGESTIONS?

We have also been busy drawing pictures about '5'.
Here are some that have been completed.

'FIVE toes in sneakered feet' by Emily
'FIVE days at school' by Matthew'FIVE windows in my house" by Courtney
'FIVE cats chasing a mouse' by Tierney

'FIVE members in my family' by Jacob (above) and Patrick (below)

'FIVE people from around the world' by Lauren
'FIVE bees' by Max

'FIVE birds in the tree' by Bryce

'FIVE playing basketball' by Laura

'FIVE friends' by Johanna

'FIVE bees in the hive' by Tierney

'FIVE people all different make many colours in the world' by Naomi

KEEP WATCHING AS THERE'S MORE '5' PICTURES TO COME.

WE HOPE YOU CAN USE SOME OF OUR PICTURES, ELIZABETH! :D

GROWING PATTERNS

Today we explored GROWING patterns.

GROWING patterns do not repeat.

They GROW!

First we created our patterns. Some were GROWING, some looked like they were SHRINKING and some looked like they did both!

Then we took one part of our pattern away.

Others had to look closely at our pattern and work out the rule we had used to make our pattern.

Then they put back the missing part.

No-one was tricked.

WE WERE JUST ALL TOO CLEVER!

What ideas do you have for a GROWING pattern?

Make one at home. Draw it or now you can take a photo of it and email it to 1mgems@gmail.com